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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories
scope management plan(Output/Input)
network logic
risk category
project organization chart (Output/Input)
2. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project
schedule baseline
project phase
project management system (Tool)
secondary risk
3. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.
special cause
portfolio
estimate activity resources (Process)
opportunity
4. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives
triggers
close project or phase (Process)
activity attributes (Output/Input)
portfolio
5. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed on a project or a work breakdown structure component or a schedule activity. the total planned value for the project
early finish date (EF)
budget at completion (BAC)
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
6. Implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks and evaluating risk process throughout the project
practice
activity list (Output/Input)
monitor and control risks (Process)
assumptions
7. Improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project performance
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
BCWP
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
develop project team (Process)
8. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines
risk
node
quality management plan (Output/Input)
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
9. Documenting project purchasing decisions - specifying the approach and identifying potential sellers
triggers
plan procurements (Process)
resource calendar
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
10. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.
Gantt chart (Tool)
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
functional manager
Monte Carlo analysis
11. Documents utilized in bid and proposal activities - which include the buyer's invitation for bid - invitation for negotiations - request for information - request for quotation - request for proposal and sellers responses
monitor and control project work (Process)
opportunity
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
procurement documents (Output/Input)
12. Condition or situation unfavorable to the project - a negative set of circumstances - a negative set of events - a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if it occurs - or a possibility for negative changes
tool
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
threat
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
13. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives
project manager
produce scope
decision tree analysis (Technique)
execute
14. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
lead (Technique)
request for proposal (RFP)
15. Risk response planning technique for a threat that creates changes to the project management plan that are meant to either eliminate the risk or to protect the project objectives from its impact.
risk mitigation (Technique)
time and material contract (T&M)
risk avoidance (Technique)
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
16. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)
expected monetary value (EMV)
requirement
workaround
claim
17. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders
predecessor activity
develop project team (Process)
constraint (Input)
validation
18. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.
data date
bottom-up estimating (Technique)
resource leveling (Technique)
executing processes (Process Group)
19. Collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecasts
flowcharting (Technique)
program management
project life cycle
report performance (Process)
20. Any of all process related assets - from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that are or can be used to influence the project's success. these process assets include formal or informal plans - policies - procedures and guidelines.
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
activity
monitor and control risks (Process)
actual cost (AC)
21. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure
risk management plan (Output/Input)
forecast
develop schedule (Process)
code of accounts (Tool)
22. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.
pareto chart (Tool)
project time management (Knowledge Area)
opportunity
path convergence
23. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project
sensitivity analysis
manage project team (Process)
sponsor
work breakdown structure dictionary
24. Logical grouping of project management inputs - tools and techniques and outputs. includes initiating processes - planning processes - executing processes - monitoring and controlling processes and closing processes. NOT project phases
project management process group
assumptions analysis (Technique)
scope baseline
change control system (Tool)
25. An artifact that is produced - is quantifiable and can be either an end item in itself or a component item
subproject
human resource plan
practice
product
26. Budgeted cost of work performed
project manager
BCWP
activity code
plan communications (Process)
27. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence
claim
lead (Technique)
early finish date (EF)
fast tracking (Technique)
28. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence
project management body of knowledge
work performance information
perform quality control (Process)
work authorization
29. A planning technique that subdivides the project scope and project deliverables into smaller - more manageable components - until the project work associated with accomplishing the project scope and providing the deliverables is defined in sufficient
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
seller
decomposition (Technique)
project time management (Knowledge Area)
30. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.
expert judgment (Technique)
decomposition (Technique)
determine budget (Process)
triggers
31. Performing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's objectives
develop project management plan (Process)
direct and manage project execution (Process)
s-curve
authority
32. Graphic display of cumulative costs - labor - hours - percentage of work or other quantities - plotted against time. used to depict planned value - earned value and active costs.
s-curve
actual cost of work performed
project charter (Output/Input)
project management team
33. Bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
BCWS
resource histogram
data date
34. Common way to determine whether a risk is considered low - moderate - or high by combining the two dimensions of a risk: its probability of occurrence and its impact on objectives if it occurs
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
forward pass
BCWP
scheduled start date (SS)
35. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance
estimate activity durations (Process)
performance reports (Output/Input)
lessons learned knowledge base
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
36. Schedule network diagramming technique in which schedule activities are represented by boxes or nodes. schedule activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are performed
specification
risk category
portfolio
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
37. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity
code of accounts (Tool)
define scope (Process)
three point estimate (Technique)
log
38. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining
to complete performance index (TCPI)
planning package
change requests
activity code
39. A formal approved document that defines how the project is executed - monitored - and controlled.
project management plan (Output/Input)
value engineering
time and material contract (T&M)
hammock activity
40. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
activity list (Output/Input)
scope
template
41. A collection of formal documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation will be controlled - changed and approved. in most application areas - the change control system is a subset of the configuration management system
buffer
change control system (Tool)
role
close procurements (Process)
42. Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
early start date (ES)
s-curve
scope management plan(Output/Input)
43. Method of resolving the total variance in the set of scope - cost - and schedule variables into specific component variances that are associated with defined factors affecting scope - cost and schedule variables
Monte Carlo simulation
plan risk management (Process)
variance analysis (Technique)
project management knowledge area
44. Requirements imposed by a government body. government mandated compliance
baseline
forward pass
threshold
regulation
45. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer
decision tree analysis (Technique)
external deliverable
close procurements (Process)
project management plan (Output/Input)
46. Learning gained from the process of performing the project
risk tolerance
lessons learned(Output/Input)
portfolio
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
47. Buyer pays the seller a set amount (as defined by the contract) and the seller can earn an additional amount if the seller meets defined performance criteria
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
requested change(Output/Input)
master schedule (Tool)
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
48. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented
project management team
BCWS
residual risk
lead (Technique)
49. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos
schedule performance index (SPI)
change control
risk register (Output/Input)
plan risk management (Process)
50. The acquirer of products - services or results for an organization
risk
network path
buyer
project time management (Knowledge Area)